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What a Terribly Written and Vague Description edit
Consider the following:
"They spend roughly half of their lives on land and the other half in the sea.
The largest living species is the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri):[5] on average, adults are about 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) tall and weigh 35 kg (77 lb). The smallest penguin species is the little blue penguin (Eudyptula minor), also known as the fairy penguin, which stands around 30–33 cm (12–13 in) tall and weighs 1.2–1.3 kg (2.6–2.9 lb).[6] Today, larger penguins generally inhabit colder regions, and smaller penguins inhabit regions with temperate or tropical climates. Some prehistoric penguin species were enormous: as tall or heavy as an adult human. There was a great diversity of species in subantarctic regions, and at least one giant species in a region around 2,000 km south of the equator 35 mya, during the Late Eocene, a climate decidedly warmer than today."
1) "They ..." --> would that be penguins? 2) "are about 1.1m ... and weigh 35kg ..." --> 1.1m is pretty precise and can't see the need for the word "about". They are "about" 1.1m tall" but not about 35kg but precisely 35kg. 3) "The smallest penguin species ... stands around 30-33cm ... and weighs 1.2-1.3kg" --> 30-33cm is a range and so why the prefix of "around", and previously we see the use "weigh 35kg" and now see "weighs 1.2-1.3kg". 4) "Today ..." --> what, today Sunday the 1st of January? 5) "larger penguins generally ... and smaller penguins ..." --> the larger penguins "generally" do something whereas the smaller penguins do not "generally" do something - what confused logic. 6) "Some prehistoric penguin species" --> and what might they be? 7) "as tall or heavy as an adult human" --> and how tall and heavy was that? - We have adult humans ranging from 9 stones to 40 stones and a wide range of heights. And would that be a male or female adult human since males tend to be taller and heavier than females. 8) "There was a great diversity ..." --> how great? 9) "great diversity of species in subantarctic regions ..." -> which subantarctic regions? 10) "at least one giant species" --> which one? 11) "one giant species in a region ..." --> which region? 12) "around 2,000 km south of the equator 35 mya ..." --> I could draw a line down 2,000km around the Earth's sphere and it doesn't really pin-point where you mean. 13) "a climate decidedly warmer than today ..." --> by how much and doesn't that depend where you are located - I mean the arctic is pretty cold!
And so on and so forth. Absolutely shocking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.187.174.46 (talk) 09:38, 1 January 2023 (UTC)